This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Indian Day Medal to Honor Noted American Indian
On Indian Day this year a ceremony at the Century of Progress in Chicago will award a special medal to an outstanding American Indian in fine arts religion medicine law science politics education social service agriculture or government work. The Indian Council Fire sponsors the award with a committee featuring Lew Sarett John Collier Mrs Harold Ickes and many other leaders. The list of nominees includes Spencer Asah James Andilah Luther Standing Bear Gertrude Bonnin Ruth Muskrat Bronson Gertrude Bonnin among others, honoring a cross section of accomplished Indians and leaders nationwide.
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Elmo &Cott Watson
Chicago
Indian Council Pire
Council
Lew Sarett
Box of God
Ernest Thompson Seton
Woodcraft League of America
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Washington
W. Carson Ryan
W. D. Weeks
Bacone Indian College
Oklahoma
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
George H. Heafford
Indian Cemetery Restoration Service
William J. Rogers
Indian Welfare Committee
Third District
Ilinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
R. C. Eaton
Scott H. Peters
Indian Council
Spencer Asah
James Andilah
Monroe Huntinghorse
Steve Mopope
Gilbert Mopope
David Buffalo Bear
Red Cloud
Luther Standing Bear
J. A. Belgard
Roosevelt
Gertrude Bonnin
Indian Service
National Council of American Indians
Ruth Muskrat Bronson
Mt. Holyoke College
Mt Holyoke
Haskell
Wred Cardin
Hia
God’s Drum
Town Hall
New York
Henry Roe Cloud
American Indian Institute
Wichita, Kan
Haskell Indian School
Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud
Czarina Colbert Conlan
Frst
Indian Territory
Oklahoma State Historical Society
Susan Corn
Keshena
Wis
League of Women Voters
Butcher-Deer
Louie Deer
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